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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by StanislavPetrov on Thursday September 21, 2017 @08:13PM (#15308382)
No lights. No refrigeration. No gas pumps. No communication. No vehicles.

The collapse would not only be instant, but within days there would be mass starvation and chaos.

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by s_kilk on Friday September 22, 2017 @03:11AM (#15310012)
People underestimate just how fragile civilisation actually is.

From the description at the top of the thread it's as if we'll just come out of our shelters after a week and everything will go back to normal, we'll just drive down to Arby's for dinner, maybe catch a movie.

More people need to watch Threads.

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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by hueving on Friday September 22, 2017 @02:08AM (#15309766)
Do EMP's affect generators that are not running during the blast?
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Re:Nuclear War Survival Skills (1987) [pdf] by notalaser on Friday September 22, 2017 @06:10AM (#15310661)
No, but they will affect most of the equipment connected to those generators.
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